Everything signifies that the battle between Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda will happen, however not as the previous anticipated. Nevertheless, the answer is just not dangerous for anybody and it’s anticipated to be a convincing success, particularly for the published and clearly the pay-per-view rights in the USA.
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First, the New Jersey native boxer was sad after Oscar de la Hoya provided him a considerably smaller purse than the one provided by Turki Alalashik in a battle that was to happen underneath the umbrella of the Riyadh Season, so he declined the deal.
Turki Alalshikh refuses to pay extra
The issue is that Turki additionally made it clear that he wouldn’t pay extra as a result of the battle is just not price shelling out cash as is completed in Riyadh and restricted the purse to $500,000, one thing that in comparison with what Shakur earned in his earlier battle with Josh Padley, would actually give the American boxer the explanation.
It’s a proven fact that the WBC’s undefeated light-weight monarch deserves a better wage, however not within the proportion of a quote attributed to prestigious boxing journalist Dan Rafael on X, through which he allegedly claimed “primarily based on info from Zepeda’s staff” that “Shakur was asking for a 90/10 break up within the earnings proportion“, which is an absolute nonsense
Dan Rafael put an finish to the controversy involving him with this pretend quote by responding to the tweet which additionally claimed that Shakur had mentioned that no person is aware of Zepeda and that the battle can be watched by everybody for him and never for his opponent: “Lies. I did not write or say that, so to hell with this account.”
Eddie Hearn to the rescue
Within the midst of this mess, it was the determine of Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn who got here out on high, as he instructed iFL TV that he’ll take the eagerly awaited battle to DAZN: “As we speak I had a really constructive dialog with Eric Gomez of Golden Boy. We are going to go to DAZN and say: ‘Let’s make Shakur Stevenson vs. Zepeda occur’“.
Hearn additionally mentioned that bringing Stevenson vs. Zepeda “among the finest fights within the sport” to DAZN is just not solely a “smart move, however an influence technique“, because it is not going to solely generate higher pay-per-view numbers, but additionally maintain the cash flowing within the US. And it is definitely a great way to flex its muscular tissues to Turki and the Riyadh Season.
